Saturday, February 10, 2007
Rs 30 billion to be spent on Rawalpindi uplift
ISLAMABAD: Over Rs 30 billion will be spent during the next couple of years to provide basic facilities to Rawalpindi district, Rawalpindi District Nazim Raja Muhammad Javed Ikhlas said on Friday. Talking to PTV, he said that an efficient monitoring system had been devised to ensure transparency and the timely completion of development projects.
Ikhlas said that construction planning for a multi billion rupee 6.5 km long ââ¬ËAlleviated Expressway Flyoverââ¬â¢ over Murree road from Marir to the Chandani Chowk has been finalised. He said that the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) would initiate construction of a Rs 1.26 billion road expansion project and a flyover from Kutchery to the airport next month. He added that the Marir Chowk is being connected with the IJ Principle Road at the New Katarian Bridge by expressways on both banks of the Nullah Leh. Ikhlas said that construction of the Rawalpindi Ring Road, starting from Rawat, through Bahria Town, Defense Housing Authority, Adila Road, Dhamial, Chakri road, Hajj Complex and ending at the Motorway interchange, had also been finalised and would allow heavy traffic between Taxila and Lahore without it needing to pass through Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
He said that a project to install new drainage systems before constructing roads had also begun, and explained that a recently completed road in blocks A and C, costing Rs 65 million, and the portion connecting Chorr Chowk to Misrael, costing Rs 50 million, featured new drainage systems.
He said that new busses had already been introduced along 11 city routes, while final negotiations were underway to initiate transport services on the remaining ones. Addressing the water shortage problem in the city, he said that 60 new tube wells would be installed by next March, while Rs 3 billion have been reserved for improving sewerage systems. Construction of a sewerage treatment plant on 6,000 canals at Adiala has also begun. He said that a sum of Rs 2.5 billion would also be spent to provide clean drinking water to Murree from river Jhelum.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\02\10\story_10-2-2007_pg11_9
Rs 30 billion to be spent on Rawalpindi uplift
ISLAMABAD: Over Rs 30 billion will be spent during the next couple of years to provide basic facilities to Rawalpindi district, Rawalpindi District Nazim Raja Muhammad Javed Ikhlas said on Friday. Talking to PTV, he said that an efficient monitoring system had been devised to ensure transparency and the timely completion of development projects.
Ikhlas said that construction planning for a multi billion rupee 6.5 km long ââ¬ËAlleviated Expressway Flyoverââ¬â¢ over Murree road from Marir to the Chandani Chowk has been finalised. He said that the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) would initiate construction of a Rs 1.26 billion road expansion project and a flyover from Kutchery to the airport next month. He added that the Marir Chowk is being connected with the IJ Principle Road at the New Katarian Bridge by expressways on both banks of the Nullah Leh. Ikhlas said that construction of the Rawalpindi Ring Road, starting from Rawat, through Bahria Town, Defense Housing Authority, Adila Road, Dhamial, Chakri road, Hajj Complex and ending at the Motorway interchange, had also been finalised and would allow heavy traffic between Taxila and Lahore without it needing to pass through Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
He said that a project to install new drainage systems before constructing roads had also begun, and explained that a recently completed road in blocks A and C, costing Rs 65 million, and the portion connecting Chorr Chowk to Misrael, costing Rs 50 million, featured new drainage systems.
He said that new busses had already been introduced along 11 city routes, while final negotiations were underway to initiate transport services on the remaining ones. Addressing the water shortage problem in the city, he said that 60 new tube wells would be installed by next March, while Rs 3 billion have been reserved for improving sewerage systems. Construction of a sewerage treatment plant on 6,000 canals at Adiala has also begun. He said that a sum of Rs 2.5 billion would also be spent to provide clean drinking water to Murree from river Jhelum.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\02\10\story_10-2-2007_pg11_9
